Korchemny has it taped for Chambers glory

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ON THE early-morning flight from Heathrow to Oslo yesterday, Remi Korchemny was every bit the meticulous, obsessive coach that Dwain Chambers portrays him to be. For the entire two-hour journey, Korchemny discussed the art of sprinting in intricate detail, illustrating his ideas with diagrams and poring over reruns of races on his video camera.

If Chambers becomes the world’s fastest human this summer — his season begins in earnest tonight at the Bislett Games, the first of the year’s Golden League meetings — he will attribute his success to Korchemny. Last autumn, Chambers split from Mike McFarlane and packed his